Welcome to the R081 LO2 course about Hardware and software.

In this course we are going to be looking at R081 learning objective 2 all about hardware and software that apply to the creative industries.

In this course you will learn:

• What computer systems can be used for pre-production
• What peripherals can be used for pre-production
• What devices can be used to digitise images
• Software for image editing
• Software for desktop publishing
• Software for presentations
• Software for dedicated purposes

Throughout the course and at the end, you will be asked questions about hardware and software that have been discussed during the lesson so please pay attention and ensure that you are writing notes as you go through.

Let’s get started!